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Waste Not Want Not – How To Help The Environment
The fashion industry now: The fashion industry could benefit from the circular economy by almost $560 billion and help improve the environment. Currently the industry relies on ‘fast fashion’, with quick turnarounds on the production of new styles and smaller price tags. Fast fashion depends on the rapid production and sale of different styles, providing customers with a wide range of choice. However, this means that there is much more clothing produced now, and combined with clothing usage dropping (clothes are on average worn only seven to ten times), means that the fashion industry produces a lot of waste. Most of these clothes are also produced by using non-renewable resources,…
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Fashion. It Makes the World go Round
How circular fashion can greatly improve the planet and fashion industry We live in an age where the fashion industry essentially runs a lot of the world, dressing celebrities, royals, and everyday people – fashion is the thing that connects us all. But what if fashion is also damaging the planet? No matter which way we look at it, fashion is a huge part of each of our lives. Supply and demand has made fashion a conveyer belt of making clothes to supply to people, only for them to be discarded as waste when they are no longer needed. This in itself is creating a huge problem for the planet…
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Circular Economy: Why the World Goes Around
As the modern world grows, so does the concern for our planet and the environment around us. One phrase popularised in the fashion industry during this period has been the idea of a ‘circular economy of fashion’. Now you may wonder, what is that? What even is a circular economy? To some people, the idea is brand new. To others, they may understand the concept but not how it is applied to industries such as fashion. So why should it matter, why should we use a circular economy of fashion? Well, let’s start with the basics. What is a ‘Circular Economy’? At its roots, the ‘circular economy’ is named after…
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Can Circular Fashion Make You a Better Person?
We live in a world of ever-growing fashion with trends that are constantly changing, therefore this fast fashion creates so much waste costing the economy billions every year, but could these costs be cut by returning clothing back to the retailer after use? Could you be a better person and help towards reducing fashion waste by returning garments after use? Here we will explore the wonderful world of circular fashion. Where does Fashion Waste come from? 10% of all humanity’s carbon emissions comes from fashion and it’s the second largest water consumer in the world. To make one pair of jeans, it takes 2,000 gallons of water. This water waste…
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The Fashion Sphere of ‘Vinted’
With the turning of the New Year, it’s hard to resist the appetite to re-organise and re-stock our wardrobes. If you’re like me, then heading straight to the Google search box is the first call to action. It seems like the easy option, precise, direct and cuts the hassle. However, with everyone advancing on the closet resolution how much clothing waste will we expect to see pile up before new season collections start materialising on the refreshed pages of fashion retail websites? The answer is too much. Analysing the circular economy, WRAP UK estimated that £140 million worth of clothing is sent to landfill every year – so it’s time…
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Easy Steps to a Circular Fashion Economy
In the 21st century, fashion is an endless cycle of buy, wear, waste. In fact, the average consumer throws away 70 pounds (31.75kg) every single year, making the fashion industry the second most polluting in the world – but it doesn’t have to be that way. Whilst we all want to upgrade our wardrobes, there’s no need for the harmful pollution it creates in the process. Fast fashion is a modern-day phenomenon, enabling clothing companies to mass-produce, manufacture and market garments that follow the latest fashion trends and allow consumers to level-up their style for cheap. Though this may not sound terrible, the true cost must be considered – textile…
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To Buy or Not to Buy – the Concept of Circular Fashion
Over the recent years, the detrimental effect on the environment exerted by the fashion industry, overproduction of clothes, and, consequently, consumerism, has been commonly addressed in the media. For this reason, a community that is making new sustainable purchases on an ongoing basis without potentially threatening the environment deals with no guilt. It is even considered a manifesto of some sort or, in some cases, a sacrifice. What is this about? I am referring to a quite novel concept called circular fashion. “Circular fashion can be defined as clothes, shoes or accessories that are designed, sourced, produced and provided with the intention to be used and circulate responsibly and effectively…
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Circular Fashion For Dummies
Our Mother Earth is in dire need of our help, with pollution, waste, and climate change. There is only little time for us to alter our lifestyle for the better. The fashion industry itself represents 10% of humanity’s carbon emissions, where 85% of textiles go to the dump each year. Guess what? Circular fashion can help. With clothing production doubling since 2000, sustainability has never been more important to the fashion industry. In recent years, there has been an explosion of continuous efforts to improve the sustainability and circularity of textiles. Actions that can help to limit environmental impacts are pollution control, enhanced recycling practices and innovation around the reuse…
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Fashion Will Never Be Circular if Consumers Don’t Change
The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions; 73% of garments produced every year ends up in landfill; washing clothes releases 500,000 tons of microfibers into the ocean each year. But that’s not new information, right? Since climate change became climate emergency and sustainability entered our day-to-day dictionary, we all have learnt about the dark, polluting side of the clothing industry, but what about the solution? According to many fashion industry high profiles, as Ellen MacArthur, McKinsey company, and H&M, there is a solution and it is called circular fashion. Principles of circular fashion Anna Brismar, owner of the consultancy firm Green Strategy, coined the term circular…
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Outfit Repeating – is it allowed?
Outfit repeating – is it allowed? We’re constantly bombarded with influencers constantly promoting different styles. It can be difficult to remember that the majority of people don’t buy different outfits for every day. Carbon footprint and outfit repeating I was very, very into fashion when I was a teenager. Not only was this bad for my bank account, but I’m now aware that my attitude to buying clothes was questionable. I was afraid to engage in outfit repeating. This means I would therefore buy more clothes (mainly from fast fashion stores) and give my ‘old’ ones away. This was either to friends or to a charity shop. Over time, though,…
